/**
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2015   The FreeCol Team
 * <p>
 * This file is part of FreeCol.
 * <p>
 * FreeCol is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * <p>
 * FreeCol is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * <p>
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with FreeCol.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */


package net.sf.freecol.common.model;

/**
 * An object that has a name.
 */
public interface Named
{

    /**
     * Gets the name of this named object.
     *
     * Try to avoid using this directly except in i18n-related routines
     * or to implement itself in more complext objects.
     *
     * @return The name of the <code>Named</code>.
     */
    public String getNameKey( );
}
